#1 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Downtown McDonough (Neighborhood)
McDonough GA
~0.70 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Motorheads Bar and Grill
650 Macon St McDonough GA
~1.72 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Biker bar and concert venue
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta GA
~10.10 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
The National Archives Atlanta
5780 Jonesboro Road Morrow GA
~14.64 miles from Mcdonough city center
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The National Archives at Atlanta is a center for the study of the history of the South, a diverse region rich with family tradition.
http://www.archives.gov/southeast/
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Downtown Griffin (Neighborhood)
Griffin GA
~15.22 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
New Birth Missionary Baptist
6400 Woodrow Road Lithonia GA
~16.99 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Mega church with contemporary worship located at 6400 Woodrow Rd in Lithonia, GA .
The New Birth Missionary Church has over 25,000 members and more than 40 ministries, New Birth built its Cathedral not only for church services, but also to accommodate the New Birth staff administrative offices; Faith Academy, New Birth's Christian School of Excellence; and a variety of programs and activities such as conferences, concerts, theatrical productions, graduations, weddings, educational classes and more. For we realize that people, not buildings, represent the church, and that the sacredness of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church comes from the one and only God our Father.
http://www.newbirth.org
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Georgia Perimeter College
3251 Panthersville Rd Decatur GA - 404-244-5090
~17.58 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Vision
As a team, Georgia Perimeter College will be recognized as a dynamic and creative learning environment focused on student success, guided by the values of trust, excellence, integrity, civility, passion, diversity and efficiency.
Mission
Georgia Perimeter College transforms the lives of our students to thrive in a global society.
As a diverse, multi-campus two-year college, we provide relevant, responsive, learner-centered higher education that facilitates the achievement of academic, professional and personal goals.
We embrace excellence, teamwork, and quality service that link the college’s human capital with our communities to enhance economic, social and cultural vitality.
As a key point of entry for students into higher education in Georgia and as the major provider of associate degrees and student transfer opportunities, Georgia Perimeter College supports the Strategic Plan of the University System of Georgia.
http://www.gpc.peachnet.edu
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Stonecrest Mall
2929 Turner Hill Road Lithonia GA
~17.59 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Shopping mall along with food and entertainment.
The Mall at Stonecrest (often Stonecrest Mall) is an indoor shopping mall in Lithonia, Georgia, along Interstate 20 in eastern metro Atlanta.
The Mall at Stonecrest opened in 2001 as part of a master-planned community on the growing I-20 corridor. The area is mixed economically; however, some of the most wealthy African Americans in the U.S. live in the area surrounding the mall.
The mall has five anchors: Sears, Dillard's, Macy's, JC Penney, and Kohl's (formerly Parisian). Also attached to the mall is an AMC Theatres movie theater. Surrounding the mall area there is also a wealth of other stores and restaurants. Apartments and condos are also popping up in the area, making Stonecrest a mixed-use community.
In May 2009, the management instituted an anti-teenager policy, whereby anyone under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult after a 4pm "curfew" on weekends, or be forced to leave by mall security.
MARTA provides bus service to and from the park-and-ride lot adjacent to the mall property.
http://ww.mallatstonecrest.com
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Lithonia (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~18.34 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Lithonia is a suburban village in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, and it is incorporated as a city. Lithonia's population was 2,187 people at the 2000 census.
Lithonia is located at 33°42'46?N 84°6'21?W (33.712658, -84.105897)[3]. According to the United States Census Bureau, this village has a total area of 0.8 square miles (12.0 km²), all of it land.
"Lithonia" means "city/town of stone". Lithonia is in the heart of the Georgian granite-quarrying and viewing region, hence the name of the town, from the Greek lithos, for stone. The huge nearby granite dome - the world's largest, Stone Mountain, is composed largely of a rock called Lithonia gneiss, a form of granite. The city of Lithonia is in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia.
The Lithonia Public Library, established in 1907, was the first public library in DeKalb County. It was an independent library from 1907 to 1951, when it was joined to the DeKalb County Public Library.
The Lithonia Lighting Company, a significant manufacturer of household light fixtures, was founded in Lithonia in 1946, but it was moved to nearby Conyers, Georgia, in 1957.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Conyers Horse Park
Conyers GA
~19.75 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Centennial Olympic Pkwy
Conyers, GA
(404) 387-6296
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Georgia International Convention Center
2000 Convention Center Concourse Atlanta GA - 770-907-3077
~21.81 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Convention Center
http://www.gicc.com
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
College Park
Atlanta
~21.95 miles from Mcdonough city center
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College Park is a city located partly in Fulton County, Georgia and partially in Clayton County, Georgia, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 20,382 (Fulton: 18,810; Clayton: 1,572). Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is partially located in the city boundaries, and the Georgia International Convention Center, owned and operated by the City of College Park, is within the city limits.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
East Atlanta Village (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~21.97 miles from Mcdonough city center
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East Atlanta was historic before Columbus set foot in the new world. Flat Shoals Ave was already a major trade route for the Native Americans. It was called Sandtown Trail and connected the coastal area near Savannah with the Chattahoochee River area near present day Six Flags. The Sandtown Trail crossed the Peachtree Trail at what later became Five Points in Downtown Atlanta. Soapstone bowls crafted from boulders mines on the ridge just south of East Atlanta were brought up the smaller trail (Bouldercrest) that joined the Sandtown route. By tribal trading they found their way as far north as Minnesota. The Creek tribes to the south and east of the Chattahoochee and the Cherokee tribes north of the river were the dominant cultures until the 1830s when Andrew Jackson's treaty forced their removal from all of North Georgia.
Afterwards small farms and large plantations grew and the area's many creeks were dammed to mill grain and lumber. The old Indian trail became know as the Flat Shoals Road, because it served the farms out past the flat shoals on the South River near Panola Mountain. Terry's Mill Pond was a large 30-acre lake that skirted present day East Atlanta (in the I-20 right-of-way/Sugar Creek flood plain). The area was characterized by sparse population and rustic accommodations contracts of land that were fast becoming cleared of their first frown forest for farming and timber.
Because during the Civil War, Atlanta became a major supply hub of the southern war effort, the city also became a major target of the northern war effort. Lemuel P. Grant designed the city's fortifications to protect his plantation on the eastside of the city in what is now Grant Park. Because that place the Confederate lines there, General McPherson place his Yankee forces on the high ground about a mile to the east in what is today East Atlanta. The union troops were encamped along what is now Clifton Road at I-20 and a front line was dug in along Flat Shoals Road in what is now the East Atlanta Village.
A union cannon, the only one on this side of town, was placed in a pivotal position at Glenwood and Flat Shoals Road to protect the flank of the front line, as well as return fire to Grant's defense works if necessary. The Confederate forces were able to attack from behind, however. Because of that, the Battle of Atlanta, which culminated the Atlanta Campaign and sealed the fate of the Confederacy, was fought in the East Atlanta behind the Union lines. Over 12,000 men lost their lives; many in bloody hand to hand combat, on one hot, afternoon in July of 1864. Today many historic markers dot the neighborhood including two upturned cannon at the spots where Confederate General Walker and Union General McPherson were killed.
After the Civil War, East Atlanta recovered quickly becoming a developing unincorporated town - a suburb of Atlanta. Moreland Avenue was little more than a dirt path along the county line, while Flat shoals and Glenwood Avenues were the major highways that brought the farmers and their goods to town. The Marbut and Minor Mercantile Store was established at the crossroads of these two thoroughfares to effectively capture this trade before it reached downtown Atlanta. By the late 1890's the store had grown to encompass five different businesses including a dry goods, a feed and seed, a black smith, a livery stable and a grocery under one ownership. The Metropolitan Streetcar Company was founded by Asa Candler, Joel Hurt, Frederic Patterson, and Aaron Haas. These men became developers of the McPherson Park subdivision to provide ridership for their new electric streetcar line as well as housing for the clerks in the new stores that were springing up in the area. In 1905, William Zube, a lumber and railroad baron, built a large white columned frame mansion as a wedding present for his new bride on acreage that fronted Flat Shoals. The house is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The East Atlanta Banking Company entered the East Atlanta community in 1911, moving into its new building at Flat Shoals and Glenwood - shaped like an old fashioned "flat iron". A Post Office, a newspaper, a silent movie theatre and a carriage dealership were also added to the commercial district. The Baptists and the Methodists both established congregations in the area that immediately began to grow.
The land to the south of Glenwood was owned by former Georgia Governor Joseph Emerson Brown. Soon with his cooperation, a grid of streets was laid out around a 13 acre public green space, a model for "urban utopian living" that was being touted at the time. After 1915, in a series of votes, the people chose to be annexed into the city limits of Atlanta in order to gain access to fire protection and public education. A side benefit was water and sewer service, which enables the residents to enjoy indoor plumbing.
After World War II the undeveloped center of the neighborhood was subdivided and developed by the Williams brothers who were born and raised in East Atlanta and had build a lumber and concrete business nearby on Glenwood. As the residential area boomed, new banks, several super markets and drug stores, hardware stores, and a five and dime thrived. The Madison Theatre talking picture show and a new public library were built with the help of public donations.
In the 1960s, the civil rights struggle was at its peak across the country. Because the Grand Dragon of the KKK lived in an adjacent neighborhood, East Atlanta was targeted by civil rights groups to be an example of racial integration of housing. Under the protection of the Fair Housing Act, middle class black families were assisted in efforts to purchase houses in the area. Some real estate agents seized the opportunity to fan the flames of fear and racial prejudice. At their urging, many white families fled the area selling their homes at a loss (as low as $1,500 for a 3 bedroom). The new Interstate 20 highway that cut through the neighborhood removed some houses and allowed easy access to areas farther out. Slumlord investor bought many of the available houses.
During this time many hardworking black families achieved the dream of homeownership in a nice neighborhood with yards for the children and good schools nearby. Many white families remained refusing to give-in determined to live in harmony with their new neighbors. Twenty years after the first blockbusting integration in East Atlanta, their neighborhood, unlike others that had resegregated entirely, remained integrated with a 60% black and 40% white/other racial mix.
However property values had become depressed during the panic of transition, and slumlords allowed their houses to deteriorate. This made real estate values much lower than other areas of town. The neighborhood's appearance and reputation suffered. The perception of crime, if not the reality, was large. The name East Atlanta almost disappeared as a neighborhood reference by 1980. Over 60% of the shops in the East Atlanta Village were boarded up or used to store old tires. Even so, the neighborhood remained stable, with many good people continuing to raise their families and go about their lives in admirable ways. There were also merchants both white and black who stuck with it, providing goods and services as well as employment of the residents of the neighborhood.
In 1981, the East Atlanta Community Association was founded to bolster a sense of community in the neighborhood and work to improve the quality of life. Many improvements have been made in the last 25 years thanks to the efforts of many dedicated residents and businesses. As we move forward, part of the challenge will be to maintain the diversity of East Atlanta - economically, socially and racially - celebrating our differences while working together to achieve a better life for all who live and work here.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
East Lake (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~22.08 miles from Mcdonough city center
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East Lake is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, situated in DeKalb County.
It is the eastern-most of the 238 neighborhoods in the City of Atlanta]. East Lake is bordered by Oakhurst, which falls within city limits of Decatur, to the north; Kirkwood to the west; and unincorporated DeKalb County to the east and south. East Lake lies mostly within the 30317 zip code.
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East Lake is one of Atlanta's more historic neighborhoods. Located on the trendy but family oriented east side, East Lake is conveniently located 4.5 miles from downtown Atlanta. With its 1940's bungalows, cottages and convenience to local eateries, shops and transit (MARTA), East Lake has enjoyed a rebirth in recent years.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Ormewood Park (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~22.72 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Ormewood Park is a neighborhood located east-southeast within the Downtown Atlanta area of Atlanta, Georgia. Ormewood Park is east of Grant Park, south of Reynoldstown, west of East Atlanta, and north of Boulevard Heights.
This area was the territory of the Creek Indian Nation until approximately 1825 when the Treaty of Indian Springs was signed under Governor George Troup. He then began forcing the Creek from their lands and by 1827, they were all gone. Any white settler could enter a land lottery for the cost of $4.00, and 160 or 200 acre parcels were awarded. Most of these lots were working farms until the late 1800s.
In 1892, some of the farms were further subdivided into building lots of approximately 2 acres in size. A Civil War soldiers home was constructed on what is now the area occupied by the complex of State buildings on East Confederate Avenue. In 1898, construction began on the United States Penitentiary on McDonough Blvd at Boulevard Avenue. It consists of 328 acres of land, and is one of the oldest facilities in the Penitentiary system at 102 years old.
In the early 1900s, an Atlanta Electric Light Trolley Company official named Aquilla J. Orme approved a plan to extend the trolley line from downtown Atlanta to the Old Soldiers Home on East Confederate. The path of the trolley can still be traced through the neighborhood by examining the odd wall angles of buildings at the north east corner Woodland Avenue and Delaware Avenue. The trolley ran between these buildings, and out to Moreland Avenue at the intersection of Ormewood and Moreland Avenue.
The trolley service made this area more accessible to city workers and a number of Victorian homes were constructed.
After World War I there was a construction boom during which Craftsman style homes, shotgun style homes and small brick bungalows were constructed. There are even prefabricated and catalog homes from this era that survive to this day. In 1922, the City of Atlanta annexed the area and construction of Anne E. West Elementary School, located in the heart of Ormewood Park, began around that time.
Another period of growth took place after World War II. The wood sided cottages that are scattered between the older Victorian and Craftsman homes are typical of this era. During the late 1950s and early 1960s a number of brick ranch style homes appeared and many of these still retain their original particular charm.
Ormewood park is currently undergoing a period of gentrification.
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Atlanta Zoo
Atlanta GA
~23.10 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Kirkwood (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.11 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Kirkwood is a neighborhood in eastern Atlanta, Georgia that was designed by architect, Will Saunders. It is situated entirely in DeKalb County and near Lake Claire, East Lake, and Oakhurst. Kirkwood is bound on the north by DeKalb Avenue and on the south by Memorial Drive. Kirkwood is situated just minutes from Downtown Atlanta and Decatur work and entertainment centers and is conveniently served by the Eastlake MARTA Station.
Prior to the Civil War, much of the property that now comprises Kirkwood belonged to the Kirkpatrick family. Another portion belonged to the Dunwoody family. The name Kirkwood was derived from a blending of the two family names.[1] During the early part of the last century, streetcars ferried Kirkwood commuters into Atlanta.
Kirkwood traces its beginnings to residential development begun as early as the 1870s. While no one would consider Kirkwood a suburb of Atlanta today, an early tour book described it as an “area of beautiful suburban villas.” Kirkwood was an early streetcar suburb to Atlanta. By 1910 streetcars provided express service to and from Atlanta three times daily, and street cars continued service along some streets including Kirkwood Road until the early 1950’s.
Kirkwood was incorporated as an independent municipality in 1899. Governed beginning in 1899 by its own city council and mayor, the town boasted its own water system, school systems and fire department. The former Kirkwood School is a handsome building from this period, located on Kirkwood Road just north of Bessie Branham Park. Individually nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, the primary building on the property’s south side was originally designed by John Francis Downing, the son of the noted Atlanta architect W. T. Downing. Both buildings now comprise the Kirkwood Lofts apartments as a result of a $1 million renovation in 1997.
In 1922, Kirkwood residents voted for annexation into the city of Atlanta.
Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing into the 1960s, Kirkwood experienced a transition from an almost all-white community to an almost all-black community. Up until 1965 as the racial composition of the community changed, black citizens made up an increasingly large percentage of the community’s populations. Unfortunately they were denied the opportunity to attend the white, segregated Kirkwood School; and as a result of community pressure the Atlanta School Board in 1965 abruptly integrated Kirkwood School. The school board declared the previous phased-in, grade-by-grade attempt at integration a failure.
Beginning in the 1980s, the neighborhood began to witness another influx of new residents interested in renovating the neighborhood’s stock of historic housing. Still underway, this influx of the middle-class brought with it a whole host of new issues related to gentrification and the clash of people with different social, racial, and economic histories living together in one community.
Kirkwood During the Civil War:
There are 5 Historic Markers placed by the Georgia Historic Commission detailing major events during the Battle of Atlanta during the Civil War and examining what a pivotal role the area played in the events that unfolded.
The Marker "Gresham's Division" is situated on the northern side of Memorial Drive between the intersections of Clay Street and Eastside Drive. The marker is incorrectly identified as being in the East Atlanta community which lies south of I-20. Click Here to View Marker
The Marker "McPherson's Last Ride" is situated near "Gresham's Division" and details General McPhersons ride to what is currently the intersection of McPherson Ave. and Monument Dr. in East Atlanta where he was killed in action; shot while refusing to surrender in attempted escape. Click Here To View Marker
The Marker "Unexpected Clash" at the intersection of Clifton Street and Memorial Drive, details a surprise encounter sparking some of the first shots fired in the battle of Atlanta. Click Here To View Marker
The Marker "Battle of Atlanta Began Here" located near the intersection of Memorial Drive and Clay Streets marks the first two brigades of the North and South that would set off the battle that would leave countless soldiers and civilians dead and lead to the burning of Atlanta. Click Here to View Marker
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Grant Park
Atlanta GA
~23.16 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Grant Park is the oldest city park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Fourth in size only to Chastain Park, Freedom Park and Piedmont Park, Grant Park has two major attractions besides the park itself: Zoo Atlanta, established in 1889 and originally known as the Grant Park Zoo; and the Atlanta Cyclorama, a cyclorama featuring the 1864 Battle of Atlanta from the American Civil War. The park serves over two million visitors per year.
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum
Atlanta GA
~23.21 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Avondale Estates (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.22 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Edgewood (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.41 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Edgewood is a mostly-residential and diverse neighborhood in Atlanta, located approximately three miles or five kilometers east of downtown Atlanta. Edgewood was originally its own town, prior to the city's 1909 annexation across the county line from Fulton into DeKalb. While the entire Atlanta-in-DeKalb area is sometimes called "east Atlanta", the neighborhood of East Atlanta is to the south-southwest of Edgewood. Kirkwood is immediately to the east of Edgewood, with Reynoldstown just to the west.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Reynoldstown (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.73 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Reynoldstown has a extensive history, during the Civil War, the area around what is now I-20 and Moreland Avenue was the site of vicious fighting during the Battle of Atlanta on what was then called Bald Hill between Union forces, under Maj. Gen. James McPherson, and the Confederates, led by Gen. William J. Hardee. McPherson was killed during the battle. After the war, Reynoldstown was a stopover for trains along the Georgia Railroad line. A sawmill in the area provided employment for many freed slaves, who soon formed the core of the working-class community. By 1870, the area was named Reynoldstown in honor of Madison Reynolds, a farmer who owned a store on Wylie Street. His son, I. P. Reynolds, dealt in real estate and built a two-story brick store in the neighborhood. The trolley came to Reynoldstown in the 1880s, making a commute to downtown Atlanta a short trip. Early in the 1900s, the community was annexed by Atlanta. At one time, the intersection of Wylie and Kenyon Street boasted a barber shop, a grocery store and restaurants. After the closing of the Fulton Cotton Mill in the adjacent Cabbagetown community and the decrease in train traffic in the 1930s, Reynoldstown began to decline. Seven years ago, the formation of the Reynoldstown Revitalization Corp. began the work of restoring old houses and building new ones in the neighborhood.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Turner Field - Atlanta Braves
Atlanta
~23.75 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Turner Field is a stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, home to Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves since 1997. Turner Field was originally built as Centennial Olympic Stadium, it was completed in 1996 to serve as the centerpiece of the 1996 Summer Olympics. After the games, the stadium was converted into a baseball park to serve as the new home of the Braves.
The ballpark was built across the street from the former home of the Braves, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, which was demolished in the summer of 1997. From 2002 to 2004, the failed Fanplex entertainment center was located adjacent to the stadium's parking lot. The stadium contains 5,372 club seats, 64 luxury suites, and three party suites.
The most popular name choice among Atlanta residents for the new stadium at the time of its construction (according to a poll in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution) was Hank Aaron Stadium. After the ballpark was instead named after Ted Turner, the city of Atlanta renamed the section of Capitol Avenue on which the stadium sits Hank Aaron Drive, giving Turner Field the street number 755, after Aaron's home run total. The stadium is sometimes referred to as "The Ted," after Turner's first name.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Lake Claire (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.83 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Lake Claire is a neighborhood in eastern Atlanta, Georgia, United States, (33°45'54?N 84°19'31?W) comprising approximately 1,200 homes. It is entirely in the DeKalb County side of the city, east of Candler Park, north of Kirkwood, west of Decatur, and south of Druid Hills.
Apparently, there was never an actual lake called Lake Claire but instead it was a shorthand for the intersection of Lakeshore and Claire Drives.
The closest thing to a commercial district is the small strip bordering Candler Park at McClendon and Clifton.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Cabbagetown (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.91 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Cabbagetown is a neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) located south of Inman Park, east of Oakland Cemetery, north of Grant Park and west of Reynoldstown. It includes Cabbagetown District, a historic district listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Atlanta Rolling Mill was destroyed after the Battle of Atlanta and on its site the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill began operations in 1881 and Cabbagetown was built as the surrounding mill town and was the first textile processing mills built in the south. Its primary product was cotton bags for packaging agricultural products. Built during a period when many industries were relocating to the post-Reconstruction South in search of cheap labor, it opened shortly following the International Cotton Exposition, which was held in Atlanta in an effort to attract investment to the region. The mill was owned and operated by Jacob Elsas, a German Jewish immigrant. Its work force consisted of poor whites recruited from the Appalachian region of north Georgia. Elsas built a small community of one and two-story shotgun houses and cottage-style houses surrounding the mill. Like most mill towns, the streets are extremely narrow with short blocks and lots of intersections. At its height the mill employed 2,600 people. A protracted strike in 1914-15 failed to unionize the factory's workforce. For over half a century Cabbagetown remained home to a tight-knit, homogenous, and semi-isolated community of people whose lives were anchored by the mill, until it closed in 1977. Afterwards, the neighborhood went into a steep decline which didn't end until Atlanta's intown renaissance of the mid-1990s. The mill itself was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Oakland Cemetery
Atlanta GA
~23.91 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Oakland Cemetery is the oldest cemetery, as well as one of the largest green spaces, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded as "Atlanta Cemetery" in 1850 on six acres (2.4 hectares) of land southeast of the city, it was renamed in 1872 to reflect the large number of oak and magnolia trees growing in the area. By that time, the city had grown and the cemetery had enlarged correspondingly to the current 48 acres.
Since then, Atlanta has continued to expand, so that the cemetery is now located in the center of the city. Oakland is an excellent example of a Victorian-style cemetery, and reflects the "garden cemetery" movement started and exemplified by Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts.
The original 6 acres (24,000 m2) of Oakland remains one of the oldest historical plots of land in Atlanta, most of the rest of the city having been burned in 1864. Because of its age and location, the cemetery directly reflects the history and changing culture of the City of Atlanta and the significant events it has seen. Names of Atlanta streets, buildings, parks, subdivisions, and more can be found within the cemetery gates. An estimated 70,000 people are interred at Oakland, and while the last plots were sold in 1884, there are still regular burials today. These are largely conducted on family-owned plots or areas owned by Atlanta (one of the most recent being former mayor Maynard Jackson, whose plot was contributed by the city).
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Georgia's Stone Mountain Park
Stone Mountain
~24.03 miles from Mcdonough city center
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The Park features several attractions that are operated by Herschend Family Entertainment Corp., and include:
The famous Stone Mountain Laser Show Spectacular is a colorful lightshow of lasers projecting moving images of the Deep South as well as Georgia history onto the Confederate carving on the side of the mountain. The laser show is accompanied by a compilation of themed musical works. At dusk hundreds of onlookers sit upon the grassed hill celebrating their American and Southern heritages.
The Skyride is a Swiss-built cable car to the summit of the mountain which passes by the carving on the way up.
The Riverboat offers a scenic cruise aboard a reproduction Mississippi riverboat on 363 acre (147 ha) Stone Mountain Lake.
Other attractions include:
A 732-bell carillon that originated at the 1964 New York World's Fair, provides a daily concert.
A covered bridge, dating from 1892, which originally spanned the Oconee River in Athens, Georgia.
A grist mill, dating from 1869 and moved to the park in 1965.
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Candler Park (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~24.20 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Candler Park is located in intown Atlanta, in zip code 30307, about 5 minutes east of downtown and just south of Ponce De Leon Avenue. This National Register of Historic Places neighborhood is one of Atlanta's first suburbs and was founded as Edgewood in 1890. The neighborhood is home to many talented people, great shops, bars, and everything eclectic. Candler Park is a family-friendly neighborhood with a focus on walkability and livability.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Inman Park (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~24.34 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Inman Park is a neighborhood of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, its first planned suburb. It is adjacent to Little Five Points. Some or all of the area was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and the historic district area was increased in 2001. It is named for Samuel M. Inman.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Little Five Points (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~24.36 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Little Five Points (also L5P or LFP or Little Five) is an area of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 2½ miles (4 km) east of downtown. It was established in the early 1900s as the commercial district for the adjacent Inman Park and Candler Park neighborhoods to the west and east. It is home to many of the city's older retail stores, restaurants, bars, theater companies, and music venues.
By the 1970s, Little Five Points had fallen into disrepair. A revitalization began as urban pioneers moved into the then-cheap neighborhood and restored the Victorian-style homes. By 1981, local merchants formed the Little Five Points Partnership to continue the restoration and expansion of the retail area, turning what was formerly a gas station into the "484 retail area" — several retail shops aligned in strip-mall style.
Little Five Points is surrounded by Inman Park, Edgewood, Candler Park and Poncey-Highland.
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